GREEN BAY First came adult, geriatric and detox beds. Outpatient services started a few months later. Adolescent care was added after that. Treatment for children could begin soon.

Residents of Willow Creek Behavioral Healths geriatric unit and its adult and adolescents units have access to mental health and other programming throughout each day. The bed cility in Green Bay includes a gym. Recreation therapy is a significant piece of what we do, said Dave Bertrand, director of business development.

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The cility accepts voluntary admissions from people with mental health crises and some involuntary commitments, once patients who require medical clearance elsewhere receive it, Bertrand said.

We have a very methodical way of opening our buildings, said Dave Bertrand, director of business development for Willow Creek Behavioral Health, which opened in January on the east side of Green Bay.

Bellins psychiatric hospital has operational beds, of which are staffed, Baenen said. The average census is in the s, she said.

The opening of the hospital helped reduce the police departments mental illnessrelated emergency detentions to in from in , Gararden said. Trips to Winnebago Mental Health Institute in Oshkosh dropped to in from in , she said.

The adult unit at SSM Health St. Marys Hospital, which has beds, is expanding to beds. It typically has to patients, spokeswoman Lisa Adams said.

The company, which has cilities in six states, is building one in Kingsport, Tennessee, and plans to start on another this spring in Bettendorf, Iowa.

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We are a assessment and referral center, said Teena Ahuja, regional vice president of operations for Strategic Behavioral Health. Were not a dropin center or a silization center.

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Willow Creek is a breath of fresh air, said Barb Gerarden, one of the Green Bay Police Departments two mental health officers. We really didnt have much in the way of voluntary options before.

In Green Bay, Willow Creek has been welcomed by police, who take many people there who have mental health crises and agree they need treatment.

The bed psychiatric hospital is owned by Strategic Behavioral Health, a forprofit company based in Memphis, Tennessee, that plans to build a similar cility in the Madison area.

UnityPoint HealthMeriter has a bed unit for adults plus a bed Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Hospital on Madisons Southwest Side. Each typically has to patients, spokeswoman Leah Huibregtse said.

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The bed geriatric unit at Willow Creek Behavioral Health in Green Bay has a central nursing station to help staff see residents movement. From left to right are Barb Gerarden, a mental health officer with the Green Bay Police Department; Teena Ahuja, regional vice president of operations for Strategic Behavioral Health; and Dave Bertrand, director of business development at Willow Creek.

Managers of the Brown County Community Treatment Center, which has beds, joined Bellin in opposing Willow Creek, according to theGreen Bay PressGazette. Despite that, the City Council approved selling acres of land to Strategic Behavioral Health for , and providing up to million in tax increment financing.

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Willow Creek Behavioral Health opened on Green Bays east side in January . Its owner, Strategic Behavior Health, a forprofit company based in Memphis, Tennessee, plans to build a similar cility in the Madison area.

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I have no idea how full they would be, said Dr. Michael Peterson, director of inpatient psychiatry at UW Hospital. Im guessing they probably wouldnt be empty since most of the hospitals here are usually relatively full.

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Dave Bertrand, director of business development for Willow Creek Behavioral Health, said the cility has relied on temporary and permanent psychiatric staff to get started in Green Bay. He is shown with Barb Gerarden, a mental health officer with the Green Bay Police Department.

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Dave Bertrand, director of business development for Willow Creek Behavioral Health, said the cility has relied on temporary and permanent psychiatric staff to get started in Green Bay. He is shown with Barb Gerarden, a mental health officer with the Green Bay Police Department.

Mendota Mental Health Institute, on Madisons North Side, has beds, all of which are reserved for criminal cases except for a bed civil geriatric unit, said Elizabeth Goodsitt, spokeswoman for the state Department of Health Services.

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The bed geriatric unit at Willow Creek Behavioral Health in Green Bay has a central nursing station to help staff see residents movement. From left to right are Barb Gerarden, a mental health officer with the Green Bay Police Department; Teena Ahuja, regional vice president of operations for Strategic Behavioral Health; and Dave Bertrand, director of business development at Willow Creek.

In Bettendorf, other providers Genesis Health System and UnityPoint Trinity also spoke against Strategic Behavioral Healths plan, according to theQuadCity Times. But the state and the City Council approved the project.

Dane County is studying if a restoration center is needed for mental health crises. A planned psychiatric hospital in the Madison area could be part of the solution.

Willow Creek Behavioral Health opened on Green Bays east side in January . Its owner, Strategic Behavior Health, a forprofit company based in Memphis, Tennessee, plans to build a similar cility in the Madison area.

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Residents of Willow Creek Behavioral Healths geriatric unit and its adult and adolescents units have access to mental health and other programming throughout each day. The bed cility in Green Bay includes a gym. Recreation therapy is a significant piece of what we do, said Dave Bertrand, director of business development.

A year after Willow Creek opened, it has an average of about patients, Bertrand said. About percent are on Medicaid and percent on Medicare, and about percent have private insurance. The hospital has a bed geriatric unit, with the remaining beds available for adults and adolescents.

In the Madison area, Strategic Behavioral Health says it will build a psychiatric hospital with beds. Other providers say its too early to tell how much the new cility is needed, since the company hasnt released details about what services it will offer.

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We have a lot of beds sitting here, not filled, said Sharla Baenen, president of Bellin Psychiatric Center, run by Bellin Health.company newsCompany planning psychiatric hospital in Madison area has one in Green Bay